Spring Showers

Look at me, two posts in one day! I needed to make up for my absence so I figured why not.

I love days like this, where it’s warm outside but it starts to rain, I call this “sexy rain” when you can umm, sit, outside on your balcony in your summer clothes and just you know….listen to the rain fall.

Anyway, I mixed up a bunch of new releases for this outfit. The top is actually the new dress from Drift, but I decided to wear it as more of a sweater with the new jeans from Tutti Frutti. I love the soft knit texture on the dress, it’s perfect for spring days, and the cloud texture for the jeans is just that little bit different to make them stand out.

I added the new Isis Solar Magic necklace from Maxi Gossamer that was released at Collabor88 today. I’m absolutely in love with it, the design is so unique and it has lots of colour change options as well as coming in both gold and silver. The umbrella I picked up at C88 too, which was one of Yummy’s offerings for this round. The little neck scarf I’m wearing is from Baiastice and you can find it FaMESHed, it’s a great little accessory that you can mix and match with lots of outfits.

Yes, I’m still wearing the new Scarlet hair from Lelutka that was in my post earlier today coz well, I really like it!

Coral
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Hair – Scarlet – Lelutka NEW

Skin – Margot America – Glam Affair

Sweater/Dress – Simple Dress Knit Cottons – Drift NEW

Jeans – Denim Mesh Jeans (Clouds) – Tutti Frutti NEW

Scarf – Karen Scarf – Baiastice @ FaMESHed NEW

Necklace – Isis Solar Magic – Maxi Gossamer @ C88 NEW

Umbrella – Sunbrella – Yummy @ C88 NEW

Bag – Fringe Bag – Milk Motion

Flip Flops – Aussie Things (add on to mesh feet) – SLink

Pose – Slouch

Location – Baiastice

Take Three (and the SL Pet Peeves Meme)

It took me three shoots to get a picture I was happy with for this post, I’ve been feeling a bit off for a couple of days, I’m pretty sure it was having time off for Easter, kinda lost the roll I was on. I hope it’s back now anyway.

I’m wearing a few new things in this picture. First this loose ponytail that Truth released over the weekend, I love it’s relaxed, natural style. Perfect for the beach! Also the cute, cute new bandeau top from Drift. There are a couple of different styles available, I’m wearing the plain jersey print version, and both come with a colour change HUD so you can switch them up, even the knot is colour change too! I love that Drift is giving this option lately with their releases, it’s really good value for money that you’re getting so many different colours and/or prints with a single purchase. Now I just need some matching bottoms for this top and I’ve got a perfect little bikini! *wink wink, nudge nudge*

Mon Tissu also released their first collection for 2013 this week and these shorts were my favourite. I love the belt detail and the little slits on the front, it really gives them something extra and makes them just that bit different. There are tons of prints and colours to choose from as well.

Finally, the necklace I’m wearing is from Maxi Gossamer at this months round of FaMESHed. I love her boho pieces and this one is no different, beautiful detailing as always, the stone is texture change and the chain comes in both gold and silver.

So Berry started a new meme the other day, it’s basically some of your SL Pet Peeves. Since I enjoyed her others I thought I’d take part again. Do I need to put a disclaimer that these are only peeves of mine, and not to be taken personally? Well I’m gonna, and that was it.

1. Out of date welcome/orientation areas. Last year I spent a fair bit of time hanging out at this kind of place that’s aimed at new residents, trying to help them and offer advice etc. I think a lot of it fell on deaf ears so I pretty much gave up after a few futile months, but mostly what got me was how bad these places looked and the quality of freebies offered. I wondered if I joined SL today and landed in one of them would I stick around? Back in 2006 it was acceptable, but why are they still stuck in 2006 when the rest of SL has made such vast improvements? I always tell my friends that if I ever could afford my own sim I’d make a really nice welcome area for noobs and I’d beg beg beg some good designers to donate a freebie or two. Seriously though, if anyone reading this has the funds to do it and would like to, let me know because I would loooooooove to help!

2. Weird characters/fonts and numbers in names. Ok this is gonna make me sound judgey and I’m sorry but if you have your dob or your age or something after your username, or your display name is full of strange characters/in a weird font, I just can’t take you seriously. I’m not going to be rude or ignore you or anything, but I’m not gonna make a first move in talking to you, and to be brutally honest I’m gonna struggle to make conversation more than a few sentences because all I’ll see are the numbers or some name I can’t make sense of. I do have a couple of friends on my list that use the fonts (just to prove I’m not totally a bitch lol) but I do tease them about it and I think they’re pretty aware that it’s a peeve of mine.

3. Limited groups/tattoo layers/alpha layers. I think this speaks for itself, and yes I know we’re lucky that they’ve already been increased but I’m a woman dammit and I’m never satisfied, I need more!

4. Bad store layouts. If I go to a store and can’t find the item I just saw on Flickr/plurk/a blog within a minute or two then I’m probably going to give up and not buy it at all. I like new releases to be slapped in my face the moment I walk in, I like the store to be sectioned, jewellery over here, bags and shoes here etc etc. I feel exactly the same in RL.

5. TP fails Ever tried to make a dramatic exit and your tp fails? Ohhhh that’s so awkward!! Say you’re in the middle of an argument and you wanna do the SL equivalent of storming out and slamming the door but instead your screen goes black for a second and then you’re back there, just hovering and they’re looking at you, probably laughing at you and you’re like kdjasxmmkdfasnc SL gimme a break!! Even if I’m at some crowded place and I just said bye to everyone and then can’t leave, ugh, I’ve said before that I’m extremely self concious and sometimes when this has happened I want the virtual ground to open up and swallow me whole.

I’ve really enjoyed reading other people’s peeves and agreed with a lot of them, I could really have gone on a rant about things people do that annoy me but I wanted to make it more about SL rather than people so that it didn’t just descend into a bitch fest, coz that’s what my best friends ear is for

I hope all this wasn’t too much rambling for you!

Coral
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Hair – Elisha – Truth NEW

Skin – Zara America Clean – Glam Affair @ Skin Fair

Top – Bandeau Top – Drift NEW

Shorts – Tulip Shorts – Mon Tissu NEW

Necklace – Crystal Glass Teardrop – Maxi Gossamer @ FaMESHed NEW

Glasses – Karina Glasses – Yummy

Bangles – Athena – Maxi Gossamer

Pose – Beth 11 – Diesel Works @ Pose Fair NEW

Location – The Grove

Life’s A Beach (and the procrastination meme)

There are so many events going on right now, it feels to me almost like there are new ones starting every week. I can’t blog on weekends so when I finally get here early in the week, everything that I bought on a Friday at an event has already been seen 100 billion times. Sometimes I’ll still blog them if I’m inspired to create a different look with them, but sometimes inspiration seems light years away.

I felt like that this week so instead I thought I’d put together a look with dress that I picked up in Leverocci’s sale last week. I’d umm’d and ahh’d over it for a while so when Jin Elfan announced her sale for Leverocci and Belgravia I dashed over. You can find details in that link but basically some stuff will be retired and right now there’s up to 75% off (marketplace excluded). So if like me you’d been admiring something there but hadn’t picked it up yet, now’s your chance!

I added the new over shoulder cardigan from Tram which is adorable, she actually did a version of this for Fifty Linden Friday which I thought I had bought but when I looked in my messy inventory, alas no, I’d only got the demo. Anyway I didn’t mind going back to grab one, there are 3 types available and each comes with a colour change HUD so you can mix and match them with different outfits. I think it’s going to be a great spring/summer accessory so bear with me if it makes more than just this appearance!

I got my little dog in the bag here a while ago, but hadn’t blogged it yet. Best thing about this dog is that it’s FREE! Who doesn’t love free stuff?? It’s animated and comes with a colour change HUD for the bag. I love it and think I’m carry him around for a while. Anyway you can find it here on the marketplace from Tutys.

Since I took part in Berry’s meme last week, I decided to give her new Procrastination meme a go too, so here it is!

What is the rez date for your current SL Avatar that you use most often?

Coral Lacey – 15th October 2006

Where was the first place you made friends as a newb and got to know people in Second Life?
A place called Club Heck coz that was the first place I got a job at. I think it wasn’t open very long and I was only there around 3 weeks but I made my first proper friend there.

Where do you spend most of your SL time now?
In my skybox.

Who is your closest friend in Second Life? (only pick one)
I have a few long time friends that know a lot about me but I don’t talk to them regularly so I’d have to say Harper (Shawneese Offcourse) ofc, she knows all my dirty secrets! ♥

What is the most favorite thing in your inventory? (only pick one)
Why this so hard! I’m trying to be deep and think of something meaningful that I own, but I don’t think I have anything! So at the moment either my Gos Sophia Peeptoes in black, coz I wear them all the time, or my SLink mesh feet, always a winner!

The last thing you purchased in Second Life?
The cardigan from Tram that I’m wearing in this pic.

What color clothing does your avatar wear most often?
Umm lately lots of black but I think that’s a phase, usually it’s shades of beige/creams/tans and other neutrals, coz I’m really boring like that. Sometimes I think I need more colour in my inventory so I’ll buy the next release in something like hot pink and then regret it the moment I put it on because I know I’m probably never gonna wear it.

Do you prefer to walk, run or fly?
I walk mostly because I forget a lot that I can fly, but yanno, flying’s pretty cool.

What is the craziest thing you’ve ever done in SL?
Getting SL married and adopting a kid, it’s not silly crazy I know but it’s something I never thought I’d do and at the time I did wonder if I was going cray, but it was definitely good fun while it lasted.

Who would you like to play YOU, in the movie of your SLife?
This is really tough so I’m gonna have to say the love child of Zooey Deschanel and Sarah Jessica Parker!

Coral
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Hat – Straw Fedora – Argrace

Hair – Kasia – Truth

Dress – Silk Embroidered Dress – Leverocci (in the sale!)

Cardigan – J.I. Cardigan – Tram

Belt – Rope Belt – LaGyo

Necklace – Vintage Bow Charm Necklace – Yummy @ C88

Glasses – Harlow Sunglasses – Mon Tissu

Bag and Dog – Tuty’s

Pose – Purple Poses

Location – Baja Norte

Mixed Up

No the title of this post is in no way shape or form referring to me, well ok maybe a little, but mainly it’s because I’m wearing a mash up of items from 50 million different events. Well ok, like three.

First of all this cute T shirt from So Many Styles that you can grab at The Dressing Room Fusion. It’s just a classic, staple item for those days when you want to be casual. Also new (ish) are these hi top style sneakers from LaRoo at FaMESHed. They are unisex and come with a HUD to colour change each part (soles, laces, fabric etc) and there are tons of texture options in there for you to choose from.

I’ve also got a couple of new items available at The Arcade Gacha event. The Polyex Sports Watch from Yummy is such a great retro accessory and I was lucky enough to get the silver rare version on my second go! I’m also wearing the fishing bag that was by Sleepy Eddy for the event. It’s meant for guys I know but with an easy little resize it fits perfectly.

This hair from Truth was out a while ago but I hadn’t gotten round to blogging it yet, I just thought it was perfect for this casual, sassy look!

Anyway, it’s C88 eve and I need to go find a place I can stand around while sort my inventory in preparation!

Coral

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Hair – Zuzka – Truth

Top – Loose Tee Glasses – So Many Styles @ TDR Fusion NEW

Jeans – Mesh Zipper Skinny Jeans – Maitreya

Bag – Fishing Bag – Sleepy Eddy @ The Arcade Gacha NEW

Shoes – Folded Hi Tops – LaRoo @ FaMESHed NEW

Necklace – Marakech Heart – Maxi Gossamer

Watch – Polyex Sports Watch – Yummy @ The Arcade Gacha NEW

Headphones – Standby Inc (previous gacha item, I’m guessing they’ll still be out at their store)

Ring – Cross Ring – Bens Beauty

Pose – Le Poppycock

Location – Inaka

California Here I Come

Ok so, I think I am officially obsessed with wanting spring to arrive already, so I was really excited yesterday when my friend Jac Mornington showed me his new sim build. It’s called Baja Norte and is based around a Californian beach. Even though Jac has his private home there the sim is open to the public and has rez with auto return switched on, so it’s really great for photo ops! I definitely recommend taking a visit, even if it’s just to sit around the ramshackle ol’ bar and chill for a bit, which is where I was when I took this pic.

Anyway, onto my outfit! So many new releases today what with FaMESHed, TDR and of course, The Arcade starting, that I only really had time to take a quick snap since the rest of the time I was shopping Both the top and shorts are by Emery at FaMESHed and are really perfect for beach hopping. Studded shorts are always a win and the fringe tank is perfect for an extra “something”. The jewellery set it is also a new release at FaMESHed by Maxi Gossamer, who delivered a couple of quality pieces as you’d always expect. This one is called Black Sun, comes complete with necklace, ring and earrings as well as in both gold and silver.

Amazing hair Canto by Lelutka, do I need to mention it? I’m sure you’ve seen it! Harper was wearing it in my last post but of course I had to have it too, who can resist a new Lelutka do?

I hope everyone has a great weekend and enjoys all the shopping and gacha trading, I know I will!

Coral

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Hair – Canto – Lelutka NEW

Top – Mesh Top Roback – Emery @ FaMESHed NEW

Shorts – Mesh High Waist Denim Short Hope – Emery @ FaMESHed NEW

Necklace – Black Sun Set – Maxi Gossamer @ FaMESHed NEW

Glasses – Karina Sunglasses – Yummy

Location – Baja Norte

Spring It On

See what I did there? With the title?! Bring it on, spring it on! Haha, yea laughing at my own little jokes today, I’m that lame. ANYWAY, I guess I’m pretty early because it is still February but I really cannot wait for spring, I’m so ready!

I got together with my bff4life Harper from Pixel Pantomime coz we’ve been meaning to do another picture together for a while and even though we attempted one last week, I hated everyyyyy picture I took. Some times you just get days like that.

We were inspired by these new hairs from Truth and LeLutka to do kind of hippy style looks, I did get told off for not being Woodstock enough but I liked this new tank from Drift (grabbed it for Lazy Sunday, not sure if it’s in the main store still but one would assume so!) so it was staying, end of story. We hopped on over to Noweeta Grasslands which is a great sim for spring/summery pics and had a fun little shoot.

I’ll add a link to Harper’s post when she’s posted her’s so that you can find her credits there, but here’s mine for now!

Coral
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Edited to add: The link for the lovely Miss Harper’s credits!
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Hair – Haven – Truth NEW

Tank – Morning Tank Lazy Sunday Special – Drift NEW

Shorts – Loose Denim Shorts – Gizza

Undershirt – Basic Long Sleeve Shirt – Tutti Frutti

Necklace – Garbo Graduated Pumpkin Beads – Maxi Gossamer

Sunglasses – Karina Glasses – Yummy

Feet and Hands – SLink

Pose – Le Poppycock

Location – Noweeta Grasslands

Wrapped Up

Just a quick lotd post with some items I found as I was searching through my never ending pit of an inventory and trying to make it into something that resembles order (it’s neater now but everything is just in one folder called -To Blog- instead of actually where they’re meant to be).

So I found this jacket that’s from Purple Moon, they released it a few months back and I have no idea why I didn’t get around to blogging it but it’s pretty damn fab and perfect for this season, so here it is now! The skirt I picked up 2 weeks ago maybe? It’s by Baiastice and I got it at TDR, and although I haven’t gone to check most places do put their event items in their main stores after so you can likely get this there.

I’ve got a couple of new gacha pieces on as well, the hair from BCC and the stole from Pesca. I love both of these and definitely need more hair with hats please anyone who reads this!

Oh and Ugg boots yaaaaaaay! I was looking for some of these a couple of weeks ago when I did this post, then today I was surfing some blogs and found these ones from Redgrave over on Sugar Planner’s blog so I had to buy them, stat!

Sorry this is a bit of a quick post but it’s Friiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiidaaaaaaaaaay! I’m excited, can you tell?

Coral

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P.s. WordPress changed something for when you upload pictures and now my sizing is broken or something, so from now on I’ll have to make them way smaller to upload them on here so that they don’t look broken on some of the feeds. If you wanna see them in better quality just click the picture and it’ll take you straight to Flickr. Simple

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Hat and Hair – Juliet Hair – BCC @ The Arcade (Mesh!) NEW

Jacket – Taylor Leather Jacket – Purple Moon (Mesh!)

Skirt – Selma Mesh Mini Skirt – Baiastice

Tights – Sisley Classic Black – Kyoot

Scarf Thing – Belted Stole – Pesca @ The Arcade (Mesh!) NEW

Boots – Mesh Snow Boots – Redgrave

Rings – Boho Ring Set – Yummy

Bag – My Oversized Leather Tote – Auxillary (previous group gift, not sure if it’s still available)

Skin – Amberly – Glam Affair

Pose – Le Poppycock

Location – Fate Island

All Things Nice

Ok so….me and Harper took this picture together and she posted hers earlier on today and somehow was blaming me for the entire thing. Well here’s really what happened. Lately I been thinking I needed more colour in my life, and pink was my colour of choice.  So when I saw this new hairstyle from Truth, I was chatting with the girl and said “hey, we should do a cute, fun style pic with that hair” to which Harper said, “ok!” So we planned to do it this week, but little did I know that “cute and fun” equated to Harper as “dress up like Joy from My Name is Earl.” What can I say, she’s a little bit like that. Anyway, we had fun and we still look cute, so mission accomplished!

You can find Harper’s version and her credits over on her blog Pixel Pantomime.

Coral

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Hair – Dolly – Truth by Truth Hawks (Mesh!) NEW

Dress – Coco top/mini – Celoe by ShaySibrian (Mesh!) NEW

Shoes – Suave – Maitreya by Onyx LeShelle (Mesh!) NEW

Necklace – Butterfly Collector – Yummy by Polyester Partridge

Ring – Mother’s Pearl Ring – LaGyo by Gyorgyna Larnia (Mesh!)

Pose – Tea.S NEW

Lady In Black

Some more new goodies released just in time for the weekend, yay \o/

I don’t do glam very often, as you probably know if you read this blog regularly but when I popped over to Euphoria for their fornightly Limited Bazaar event, I could not resist this mesh trench coat from Gizza. It’s only 150Ls and comes with a scarf that fits perfectly in with the coat. If you haven’t visited Limited Bazaar before it’s a must. All the items for sale there are limited (hence the name) so you need to snap up this jacket before they sell out!

Another new item is this adorable hair from Truth. It’s non rigged mesh so that means you can modify the shape better to fit, but also that you get the great high def textures that comes with mesh items. It was love at first sight for me and it’s a perfect style that you can wear whether you’re dressing up or down. I know I’m gonna be wearing it all weekend!

Coral

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Hair – Skai – Truth (Mesh!) NEW

Coat – Belted Coat – Gizza @ Limited Bazaar (Mesh!) NEW AND LIMITED!

Stockings – Baroque Stockings – The Sea Hole (previous C88 release)

Shoes – Mary Jane Pumps – Leverocci (Mesh!)

Hands – Korundi Mesh Hands

Ring – Mother’s Pearl Big Ring – LaGyo @ C88 (Mesh!)

Earrings – Moonsung Set – Yummy (previous C88 release)

Pose – PDA

Location – Mayfair

At The Beach House

Making the most of the summer at the beach house these last few days! I have a few new things to show you here so let’s start at the top.

First of all this hair is one the latest releases from Truth. If you want cute, this hair haz it. (Yes I spelt haz like that on purpose, it’s cool lol speak). As soon as I tried it on, a voice inside my head said “awww that’s CUTE!!” and probably some other things that were close to squeeing. It’s not mesh so is easily modifiable, and the hairband is colour change so perfect to mix and match with outfits.

The glasses I’m wearing are from Artilleri at Vintage Fair, which is still open for a few more days! Undoubtedly the lag is going to be a lot lower now so if you were waiting to go then don’t forget! Or if you’ve been already now is usually a nice time to pop back so you don’t have to fight the crowds and can pick up anything you might’ve missed before.

This mesh, frill top is available from Baiastice at the latest round of TDR Blue, so you can pick it up for a steal (70Ls I think it was) and these mesh shorts are by Teefy at this months’ FaMESHed. You still have a few more days before FaMESHed starts their change over too, so make sure you check it out if you haven’t already!

That’s all for now, I need to go and enjoy a bit more of the sunshine.

Coral

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Hair – Marina – Truth NEW

Top – Frill Mesh Short Top – Baiastice @ TDR Blue (Mesh!) NEW

Shorts – Abbey High Waist Shorts – Tee*fy @ FaMESHed (Mesh!)

Glasses – Clubmaster Sunglasses – Artilleri @ Vintage Fair

Necklace – Sea Trinkets Charm Necklace  - Yummy (previous C88 release)

Location – Cheeky Tiramisu Cafe & Beach